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Originally Posted by StarvingHyena
My biggest irritation comes from drivers who close in on my bumper at night ... with their high beams on KILL. The best solution to this extreme rudness I ever saw was a Teardrop trailer builder who skinned his trailer with stainless steel sheet metal. Every afternoon at get- togethers he would some spend time polishing up his rear trailer surfaces. He'd tell me that inconsiderate folks would zoom up on his rear end .... then fall back a quarter mile until they could pass him with their low beams on.
Very effective and I have been trying to figure out how to make a very reflective surface on my trailer .... maybe a reversed one way mirror for a rear window  ??
Tom |
Though effective, not sure this is the best idea.
A good friend with travel with built a custom rear storage box (more like a shed) for his motorhome out of polished aluminum checker plate. When following him at night, even at a very safe distance, I would constantly get flashed by the reflection of my headlights. It was very annoying and tiring, even somewhat dangerous. We ended up always being the lead when travelling in the dark.
He is now building version II of his rear storage unit, this time it will hose their bikes inside, along with other stuff. He is having it powder coated an non-reflective black.
I too hate tailgaters, one of my biggest pet peeves of bad driving, and on the rare occasion that happens, I just slow down for a while. This gives them the message to either pass or back off.
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